Bigger than a tweet up, more intimate than a conference; the 2nd Annual Hawaii Geek Meet was a festive success! For the second year in a row, organizer and Hawaii’s most notable geek, Ryan Ozawa brought together geeks of all walks of life. A youth basketball game prevented us from attending last year’s event. And, an impromptu tweet up with Russel and Bully O’Sullivan better known as the Two Beer Queers at our favorite Waimalu liquor store, SWAM may have delayed our my commute to Magic Island at Ala Moana beach park, but gratefully Lilinoe had enough energy for everyone!
Ham radios, erected antennae, live streaming, building solar powered iPhone chargers, and even a mother and child doing homework were some of the obvious geek activities. But, here’s an amusing observation:
Much of my waking hours are spent indoors, plugged in and working – one would never believe that I used to spend nearly all of my time surfing — waves! Engineers couldn’t have coded and built a more beautiful day of rich blue skies, blazing sun, and a refreshing ocean that stretched for miles. I purposely took my chair from underneath our tent and sat where there was no shade. The direct vitamin D on my pale white arms felt like God himself was embacing me, life was good.
Like good geeks, we all took photos, uploaded them to Flickr and tagged them appropriately. See you at next year’s event!
